Example sentences of "[pers pn] have be a [adv] long " in BNC.
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1 | Kelly , who has won this race three times , said : ‘ It has been a very long and hard season for me , and I feel very tired . |
2 | ‘ I am very sorry , ’ he said , ‘ but you must understand it has been a very long time … |
3 | It has been an awful long time in the development , but V M Technologies , the semiconductor development affiliate of ASCII Corp , the software development company run by Kazuhiko Nishi , which has been having a rough time of it of late , has finally announced that it has completed the preparation to sell its long-promised home-grown microprocessor fully compatible with Intel Corp 's 80386 , the first 80386 clone developed in Japan . |
4 | ‘ It has been an awful long time just getting to this stage , but it will be worth it if we can succeed . ’ |
5 | Anyway , it had been a very long time ago , goodness gracious , it had been at least six years . |
6 | It had been a very long night to pass on a tiny piece of sandwich . |
7 | ‘ It 's been a very long day , and I still have to finish unpacking , ’ she prevaricated . |
8 | It 's been an awful long time for this part has n't it ? |